Alternative
§ You're welcome to come with us now
in our car. Alternatively, you could go later with Mary.
Negative Condition
or else otherwise
§ I must leave now, or else
I'll be late.
§ You must study hard. Otherwise,
you may fail.
Summation/ Conclusion
in summary in brief in short in conclusion to be brief to sum up all in all
§ This is our most disastrous and
embarrassing defeat ever; in short, it is a fiasco.
§ The system lacked originality,
efficiency and ingenuity. In conclusion, it was a complete failure.
Other Sentence Connectors
after all: considering all the factors in the
situation
§ I don't think he should be
punished for breaking the window. After all, he's only five years old.
incidentally/by the way (used to introduce
an additional point that the speaker has just thought of)
§ Some people, and incidentally
that includes Robert, just won't look after themselves properly.
above all (=more than anything else)
§ He misses all of us, but he longs above
all to see his family again.
all the same: even so, nevertheless, in any case,
§ I like him; all the same, I don't trust
him
anyway, anyhow, in any case
§ I wasn't asked; anyway/anyhow/in
any case, I wasn't keen to go.
instead (used to indicate contrast)
§ Mary did not answer. Instead
she looked out of the taxi window.
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